Tie supporting and attaching device.



K. SCHMIDT.

TIE SUPPORTING AND ATTACHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, law.

1,205,273; PatentedNov. 21, 1916.

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KARL SCHMIDT,

OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

TIE SUPPORTING AND ATTACHING DEVICE.

Application filed March 4, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL SCHMIDT, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tie Supporting and Attaching Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tie supporting and attaching devices and the principal ob ject of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and eflicient device upon which the ordinary four-in-hand scarf may be tied and which may be conveniently and simply attached to the collar in such manner that the collar will be held in proper position upon the neck.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in whichz- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clip with the tie removed. Fig. 2 shows an elevation of the clip applied to a collar with a portion of the collar broken away. Fig. 3 shows a horizontal section taken through-the collar showing the clip in top plan view.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents an ordinary turn-down collar having the usual button holes in its terminal ends arranged to register so as to receive a button in the front of the neck band. Adjacent the upper end of the collar and formed in the inner wall thereof are separated button holes 2 adapted to receive the terminal ends of the clip or tie supporting device, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The clip proper comprises an angular body 3 having terminal hooks 4 formed at opposite ends arranged to engage the button holes 2 formed in the collar. In this instance the body is constructed of a single piece of wire, the terminal ends of which meet in the center of the body and are joined together by a sleeve 5 or any other suitable manner. The lower stretch of the body which is formed from an intermediate portion of the wire is provided with loops 6 separated so as to receive the hooked ends 7 of a tail piece 8 arranged to receive the tie 9. This tail piece or depending member 8 is constructed from a single piece of wire Gonies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Serial No. 822,439.

of substantially U-shaped formation, the legs of which are arranged parallel to each other at their lower ends for a portion of their length as at 10.- The legs are then bent in opposite divergent directions to conform to the contour of a knot of a tie, the free ends of the legs being pivotally mounted within the eyes or loops 6. It will be seen from this construction that the tail piece is so shaped as to permit the knot of the tie to be tapered at its lower end as is the usual form of knot.

It will be clearly understood that the body may be formed in any suitable manner or of any suitable material, its angular formation holding the center of the body away from the collar, thereby giving sufiicient room for the scarf which is tied around the body and tail piece, as shown, instead of around the collar, as is usual. It will, therefore, be appreciated that the tie may be shortened approximately sixteen inches and as it does not have to be removed from the clip the wear produced by removing the tie is eliminated. In using this type of clip with the hooks in engagement with the button holes the ends of the collar will be properly drawn together and held in a well set position around the neck of the wearer independent of the tie which is nOW used to obtain this set. The pivoted tail piece permits proper positioning of the knot and adapts the device and tie to all shapes of collars.

What is claimed is In a four in hand tie supporting clip, a body convoluted at intervals along its length to provide eyes, and a member depending from the body and comprising a single piece of wire of substantially U-shaped formation, the legs of which are arranged parallel to each other at their lower ends for a portion of their length, the legs then being bent in opposite divergent directions to conform to the contour of the knot of a tie, the free ends of the legs being pivotally mounted within said eyes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KARL SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

F. L. RAnroRD, L. A. PRAY.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O. 

